6th Grade Pollution Research Guide: Home

About this guide -

This guide will provide links and information to help you gather information about the topics ( water pollution, acid rain, road salt run off, etc.) you need to research for your Science Assignment. If you need help finding information, just ask !

World Book

Gale Student Resource Center

Student Resources in Context provides information on many of the topics you need to research - •Reference articles from acclaimed publications like American Decades•Periodical and newspaper articles from the "New York Times", "USA Today", and many others•Primary sources•Multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables •Video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources

Photos

Pollution Research Links

Use these links to take you to places that will provide information and photos.

So much salt has been making its way into the water supply that customers of a number of water utilities in the Northeast, including United Water, which serves North Jersey, have complained that their water tastes salty. “That’s a good marker that we’ve had a tough winter here,” said Howard Woods Jr., a private water industry consultant.

Polluted runoff is Wisconsin's number one water quality problem, degrading or threatening an estimated 90% of inland lakes. Extra phosphorus can wash into our lakes and streams from lawns, farm fields, stormwater and construction sites, roads and other hard surfaces, causing algae blooms, water quality decline, and negative impacts on recreational lake use and lakeshore property values.

Many people routinely use fertilizer for crops, gardens, and lawns. What people don't know is that each time they apply fertilizer, the fertilizer seeps through the soil into the water table. This can eventually lead to the contamination of a local water source, like a stream, pond, lake, bay, or ocean.

Dead zones are low-oxygen, or hypoxic, areas in the world’s oceans and lakes. Because most organisms need oxygen to live, few organisms can survive in hypoxic conditions. That is why these areas are called dead zones.

Destiny Library Catalog

Destiny is the OPAC ( Online Public Access Catalog ) that allows you to search for books, DVDs, audiobooks, ebooks, and even digital media that the district provides through all 8 of the Wilson libraries.